Private company

Tokio Marine Nichido

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

1879Founded1

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Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (東京海上日動火災保険株式会社, Tōkyō Kaijō Nichidō Kasai Hoken Kabushiki-Kaisha), commonly called Tokio Marine Nichido, is a property/casualty insurance subsidiary of Tokio Marine Holdings, the largest non-mutual private insurance group in Japan. Tokio Marine Holdings was formerly known as Millea Group, which underwent a name change in July 2008. Its headquarters are in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo.2

How it started

The Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance

The antecedent Tokyo Marine insurance is the first insurance company (as the marine insurance company) in Japan, and also the top sales damage insurance company of Japan in pre-war era.

August 1879 - Tokyo Marine Insurance (東京海上保険) established.

January 1891 - Meiji Fire Insurance (明治火災保険) established.

April 1918 - Tokyo Marine Insurance changes the trade name to Tokyo Marine and Fire Insurance (東京海上火災保険).

March 1919 - Mitsubishi Marine and Fire Insurance (三菱海上火災保険) established.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tokio Marine Nichido, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Timeline

  1. 1879Founded Founded1

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